Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement

Pei-Lee Teh; Motoki Watabe; Annereena Ravichandran; Kristel Tan

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_16

Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement

Pei-Lee Teh, Motoki Watabe, Annereena Ravichandran, Kristel Tan

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Abstract

This paper aims to investigate impact of emotional and cognitive enhancement on improving the empathic aspects of young adults towards older adults. A sample of 90 young adults aged between 18 to 30 years was collected to test the research hypotheses. The results indicate that participants with either emotional or cognitive enhancement empathize lesser than those with both emotional and cognitive enhancement. Participants with both emotional and cognitive enhancement showed the highest level of empathy as with those without emotional, cognitive and both emotional and cognitive enhancement. These insights have important implications on the service sectors specifically towards serving and caring for an aging population in the midst of urbanization, globalisation and modernization. Young adults need to develop emphatic attitudes while providing service to the older adults as young adults are the future generation. The paper is concluded with a discussion on the findings, research implications and limitations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity
Subtitle of host publication	12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings
Editors	Pei-Luen Patrick Rau
Place of Publication	Cham Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	191-199
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030499136
ISBN (Print)	9783030499129
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_16
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2020 - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 19 Jul 2020 → 24 Jul 2020 Conference number: 12th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-49788-0 (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	12193
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2020
Abbreviated title	CCD 2020
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	19/07/20 → 24/07/20
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-49788-0 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Cognitive enhancement
Emotional enhancement
Emphatic attitudes
Older adults
Young adults

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Teh, P.-L., Watabe, M., Ravichandran, A., & Tan, K. (2020). Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement. In P.-L. Patrick Rau (Ed.), Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity: 12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings (pp. 191-199). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12193). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_16

Teh, Pei-Lee ; Watabe, Motoki ; Ravichandran, Annereena et al. / Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement. Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity: 12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. editor / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Cham Switzerland : Springer, 2020. pp. 191-199 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Teh, P-L, Watabe, M, Ravichandran, A & Tan, K 2020, Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement. in P-L Patrick Rau (ed.), Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity: 12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 12193, Springer, Cham Switzerland, pp. 191-199, International Conference on Cross-Cultural Design (CCD) Held as Part of International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International) 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19/07/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_16

Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement. / Teh, Pei-Lee; Watabe, Motoki; Ravichandran, Annereena et al.
Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity: 12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. ed. / Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Cham Switzerland: Springer, 2020. p. 191-199 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 12193).

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Teh PL, Watabe M, Ravichandran A, Tan K. Developing empathy towards older adults through emotional and cognitive enhancement. In Patrick Rau PL, editor, Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Health, Learning, Communication, and Creativity: 12th International Conference, CCD 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Proceedings. Cham Switzerland: Springer. 2020. p. 191-199. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49913-6_16

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